Feeding physiology of Cerastoderma edule in response to a wide range of seston concentrations

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 152, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 175-186

  Navarro, J M ^a,b   Widdows, J ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cerastoderma edule; Diet quality; Feeding behaviour; Preingestive selection; Seston load

Indexed keywords

FEEDING EFFICIENCY; FILTER FEEDERS; FILTER FEEDING; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; RESUSPENSED SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; SESTON; SESTON CONCENTRATION;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; CERASTODERMA EDULE;

EID: 0030877922     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps152175     Document Type: Article

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